🚀 go-pugleaf

I agree. The aliens in Apoc leave a lot to be desired. The Sectoids
from X-Com 1 were nice an cheesy, fitting the "generic alien that
abducted me" description, and the black ones with the nippers (whose
name escapes me now) DID frighten the shit out of me. Nothing scarier
than doing a terror mission at night, walking past a wall, turning to
see what's there and there's one standing right next to your man and
you have 2 time units left...

X-Com 1's the shit.

In all, I think Apoc could have been a much better game, but I'm glad
that time they even bothered making a NEW game, instead of re-boxing
the exact same game except with new graphics like they did with Terror
>From the Deep.

TFTD IS X-Com 1... every unit, every weapon and every structure has a
direct equivelant, except with a more nautical theme. I think it was
the lousiest hack job any gaming company has done, and if they're just
going to release a game without a touch of originality they shouldn't.

On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:56:35 -0700, "Jakob" <imma...@pacifier.com>
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>Well, it's mostly there in the subject. I think Apocalypse's aliens =
>sucked in comparison to UFO's aliens, in all capacities. I preferred the =
>art of UFO to Apocalypse, and the way the aliens work is just lame in =
>Apoc too. I mean, what's with half the aliens having built in guns? and =
>aliens that run up and EXPLODE on you? Unless it's incredibly cheap and =
>easy to clone those Poppers, no self respecting alien would bother with =
>them when heat seeking missile or even that alien proximity grenade =
>would do the trick.=20
>Also, the aliens just look goofy in Apoc. You got those big blue Cookie =
>Monster looking guys, and the stupid purple straw-head guys, and the Big =
>Birdish skeletoid guys, and the brainsucker things that really just =
>looked like little piggies.=20
>The only cool alien is the giant worm thing, and I don't see why or even =
>how that thing shoots green crap. It would make more sense for it to =
>just run up and munch on you. And would look cooler too. I kinda like =
>how it pops open and makes little aliens.=20
>The brainsuckers are dumb. What we really need is to have those big =
>black insect guys from UFO back. Those things were very close to truly =
>terrifying, at least for me. The alien I miss the most is the Sectoid, =
>though. Sectoids rock. They are SO necessary. and Mutons. And Snakemen. =
>Well, that's my main gripe.
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